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Author: Sondra J. Byrnes

Sondra J. Byrnes, relatively new to writing poetry, writes haiku, senryu, and tanka. Her poetry has been published in Frogpond, Prune Juice, tinywords, A Hundred Gourds, Ribbons, Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Moongarlic, among others. Along with short form poetry, Byrnes is interested in ikebana and chanoyu. Byrnes is a retired law and business professor from the University of Notre Dame; she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

dandelion diaspora
seeking…

Posted on 6 July 202611 May 2026Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 26.11 Comment on

new in town
garden club program…

Posted on 13 July 202320 June 2023Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on

garden party
an evening …

Posted on 12 December 20222 December 2022Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 22.26 Comments on

wind keens
through the canyon…

Posted on 25 May 20221 May 2022Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 22.13 Comments on

solemn nods
of pampas grass–…

Posted on 20 January 20228 January 2022Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 21.24 Comments on

everywhere
someone’s…

Posted on 15 July 202111 July 2021Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

blistering heat a little…

Posted on 9 December 20203 October 2020Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on

an old cedar grove
behind…

Posted on 6 February 202022 January 2020Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 19.24 Comments on

the old elm
its darkness …

Posted on 10 July 201926 June 2019Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 19.16 Comments on

the big questions
remain…

Posted on 1 October 201828 September 2018Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 18.26 Comments on

asking directions
the uniformed…

Posted on 14 June 20185 June 2018Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 18.16 Comments on

morning glories
tighten…

Posted on 27 October 201717 September 2025Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 17.25 Comments on

steam rising
through a band…

Posted on 18 May 201714 May 2017Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 17.15 Comments on

had i stayed
where i started…

Posted on 26 January 20174 January 2017Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 16.26 Comments on

 

after the monsoon…

Posted on 12 December 20168 December 2016Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 16.29 Comments on

 

that raccoon
you …

Posted on 11 September 20152 September 2015Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 15.25 Comments on

summertime–
let …

Posted on 2 September 201530 August 2015Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 15.210 Comments on

thanksgiving leftovers…

Posted on 12 May 201523 June 2015Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 15.17 Comments on

withered vines —
stringing…

Posted on 6 April 201512 September 2025Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 15.110 Comments on

dinner for one–
she…

Posted on 27 November 201417 November 2014Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 14.28 Comments on

zazen–
my knees
won’t…

Posted on 30 September 201321 September 2013Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 13.210 Comments on
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